Saint-Saens: Music for Wind Instruments
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Music for Wind Instruments
Stéphane Lemelin (piano) / Canada's National Arts Centre Wind Quintet
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 2 March 2011
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"The unifying feature of this programme is the excellently judged piano playing of Stéphane Lemelin, who adds a discerning range of colour and spirit to the performances" Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - March 2011
"...performances that encapsulate the Gallic charm and finesse of the music. At the same time, the Oboe Sonata's mix of the pastoral and the perky is nicely established, as is the blend of warmth and bravura in the Clarinet Sonata...The unifying feature of this programme is the excellently judged piano playing of Stéphane Lemelin, who adds a discerning range of colour and spirit to the performances" Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - March 2011
Celebrated as one of the most successful and gifted composers of his day, Saint-Saëns wrote music for woodwind instruments throughout his long career. This recording presents music from his early days as the 'bright young thing' on the Parisian music scene to the last year of his life.
Canada's renowned National Arts Centre Wind Quintet joins Stéphane Lemelin, a laureate of the Robert Casadesus International Competition, to interpret these assured and beautiful works which combine virtuosity, gentle wit and thoroughly French charm.
Tracks:
Caprice sur des airs danois et russes for piano, flute, oboe and clarinet Op. 79
Clarinet Sonata in E flat major, Op. 167
Oboe Sonata in D major Op. 166
Bassoon Sonata in G major, Op. 168
Romance, Op. 67 (arr. for horn and piano)
Tarantelle in A minor for flute, clarinet & piano/orchestra Op. 6
